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Patented Nov. 8, 1887.

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U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES F. SEERY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part "of Letters Patent No. 372,869, dated November 8, 1887.

Application filed July 13, 1886. Serial No. 207,882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES F. SEERY, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Nicks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in wicks used in lamps, lanterns, miners lamps, oil-stoves, and all other apparatus in which wicks are employed for the purpose of conducting oil or other burning-fluid from a reservoir to a burning-point or burner, either for heating or illuminating purposes.

The object of my invention and improvement is to make a wick or absorbent fluid-conductor adapted for use in connection with any burner or apparatus in which wicks are employed, to lessen the danger arising 'from extinguishing the, flame, prevent overflow of the fluid when not in use and the annoyance from the odor and uncleanliness consequent therefrom, and at the same time, in a lamp used for illuminating purposes, afford the person extinguishing the same the convenience of having light for ashort time after the extinguisher is adjusted. I attain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanying draw ings', in which.-

' Figure l is a perspective viewof my improvement applied to a wick-tube, showing the wick and wick-cap butted together. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the wick and wickcap separated,-also showing a device for ad Fig.3 is'a similar view of another form of my improvement, showing the wick and wiok-cap butted together. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the same, showing the wick and wick-cap separated and the adjusting device shown in Fig. 2. Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional views of a modification of my improvement, showing the wick and wick-cap in contact and separated, and also showing device for adjusting the same. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the wick-cap shown in Figs. 1 and 2. I

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A is a tube or holder for containing the wick and wick-cap,

and in which the same are adapted to be adjusted, and b is the upper edge of said wicktube.

O in Figs. 1. 2, 3 and 4 is a wick fitting in such tube and extending down through the same into the fluid-reservoir, (not shown,) and d is the upper edge of said wick.

E in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 is a wick-cap fitting in said wick-tube above the wick O. f is the lower edge of said wick-cap, and 9 its upper edge;

A in Figs. 5 and 6 is a casing within the wick-tube A, in which the wick G is held.

In construction the tube A may be any tube or apparatus which will permit the wick O and the wick-cap E to be connected or butted together, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5, and also permit them to be disconnected or separated, as shown in Figs. 2, 4, and 6. The wick O is placed in the tube A below the wick-cap E and extends down through the tube A to the fluid in the reservoir, and is so adjustable that it can be raised sufficiently to make the upper edge, d, of the wick..O butt against or come in contact with the lower edge, f, of the wick-cap E, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5, and also lowered or drawn away, so as to be sepa rated from the wick-cap E, as shown in Figs. 2, 4, and 6. The wick-cap E, Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, is also adapted to be raised and lowered in the wick-tube to butt it against or separate it from the wick O and to regulate the flame, and said wick-cap, Figs. 5 and 6, is also adapted to be raised and lowered in the tube A to regulate the fiame, the adjusting devices for the purpose being shown in Figs. 2, 4, and 6.

The wick O and wick-cap E may be made of any absorbent fluid-conducting material and of any size, shape, or thickness which may suit the purpose for which it is to be used.

I employas an adjusting device for connecting and disconnecting the wick and wickcap, when arranged as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, the device illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4, which consists of I-shaped metal plates h, secured to the side of the wick and cap by pins or other suitable means, provided with a centrally-ranging series of horizontal slots, h, toothed wheels 2', carried on spindles i, which pass through the wick-tube A, and suitable collars K, attached to said tube, adapted to engage the slotted faces of said plates. Milled wheels Z are provided the spindles i, by which said spindles may be turned in the usual manner. Any other suitable device may be employed for adjusting the wick and cap, that shown in Figs. 2 and 4 being a preferable one.

In adjusting the wick and cap. arranged as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, I employ a device similar to that above described, and also an additional spindle, i", which is threaded and passes through a suitably-tapped collar or sleeve, 11, attached to the wick-tube A, said spindle being connected to the casing Ain any suitable manner which will permit its being revolved, and is operated by the milled wheel I.

In operation, when the wick O and the p ick-cap E are connected or butted together at d andf, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the wick C and the wick-cap E together form a continnous wick or absorbent conductor for carrying the fluid to be burned from the reservoir to g, the upper part of the wick-cap E, the burningpoint. To extinguish the flame the wick O is lowered, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, or the wick-cap E is raised so as to disconnect or separate said wick and cap by turning one or the other of the spindles i", thus preventing the oil or fluid from reaching said wiekcap. The tube A not being an absorbent conductor, the light will then continue to burn until the fluid in the wiclccap E is consumed, which will usually be from a half-minute to two minutes,

' according to the composition of the wick-cap,

thus giving the person adjusting the wick or rap sufficient time to leave the room or retire before the light goes out.

To connect and disconnect the wick and cap when arranged as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the spindle i is turned, causing said wick to come in contact with or separate from said cap, in the latter case preventing passage of oil or fluid to said cap with the same advantages as above specified regarding the arrangement shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4. The wick-cap E, Figs. 5 and 6, is raised or lowered by the de vice shown at the left of said figures, which is that shown in Figs. 2 and 4. By this means of extinguishment all danger arising from the ordinary way of blowing out the flame or of extinguishing by lowering the burning wick down into the tube is avoided. When the flame is extinguished, the wick C and the wickeap E being disconnected or separated, as shown in Figs. 2, 4, and 6, the upper edge, d, of the wick Cis below'b, the upper edge of the tube A, and there will be no overflow of the fluid, such as is usually the case, and the consequent annoyance arising from uncleanliness, and the odor resulting therefrom will be avoided.

The wick-cap E is adapted for use in connection with any and all absorbent conducting wicks by lowering the wick sufficiently topermit said wick-cap to be inserted into the upper part of the tube or apparatus through which the wick passes, above the wick, so that said wick can be butted against or disconnected from the wick-cap, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4. i

In applying my invention to apparatus of the character of oil-stoves, I prefer to use the deviceshown in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings.

I am aware that wicks have been made in sections and so arranged that one section may be removed and replaced for the purpose of repairing and cleaning the same. I therefore do not claim as my invention either of said features. A

I am not aware that a wick has heretofore been made in sections so arranged that one section may be brought in contact with the other to establish communication between the reservoir and the burningpoint, and so that one section may be separated from the other, thus leaving an air-space between the two sectionsand preventing the burning-fluid from reaching the upper section when the lamp or stove is not in use.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

In a Wick for heating and illuminating purposes, the combination of the tube A, cap E,

wick O, and mechanism for moving the cap 9 and wick in and out of contact, substantially as described.

JOHN J. HAYES, ORANGE S. FELCH. 

